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Can someone please explain to me...


ok i do not understand a thing about this movie. i mean all i hear is fok fok fok fokin fok cont fok. by the looks of it, seems like some irish guy tried to set up a bar in pakistan but all his waitresses refused to wear head scarves so his bar got destroyed and his friend got stoned to death and now he's out for revenge

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I've just watched Route Irish, and the plot points you describe are from another film entirely. Route Irish is set in Liverpool, UK, and Baghdad, Iraq, and all the characters are either English, Scottish or Iraqi. I don't recognise the film you watched from your description.

dalinian

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it was definitely route irish that i watched. all the characters are the same as listed here. if someone could just explain to me what was going on then maybe this film wouldn't suck so bad

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Its as you describe, an Irish man opened a bar in Peshawar but all his waitresses refused to wear head scarves, because they knew there would be repercussions. The Pakistan Taliban destroyed the bar and his friend got stoned to death and he goes for revenge.

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ahhh ok. but what about the woman that the man fell in love with? what was the story behind her

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>>> what about the woman that the man fell in love with? what was the story behind her

You mean the story on the book shelf behind her during the argument scene?
That was the novel "Train to Pakistan" by Khushwant Singh, its about the time of partition. it is there to symbolize the upheaval in the characters lives.

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i think i heard of that book somewhere. can u describe it to me?

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its about the time of partition

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care to elaborate further? how is it linked to the movie?

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Have you ever had an independent thought in your life? What a moron...

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Hey he's just asking a question. And what's wrong with garnering opinion?

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It definitely WASN'T, no question, end of story

I watched Route Irish last night and it has nothing to do with Irish people setting up a bar!!

Wrong film..

It aint like it used to be, but it'll do

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ha ha, great answer!

loved the film but it had nothing to do irish people setting up a bar!

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Boycee69II:

it wasn't? so could u expain to me what the movie was all about? seems i'm missing a lot of things. thanks!

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There are two films called Route Irish. The one about setting up a bar is not this one. Do check details before you post.

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The one I watched, the Loach film, was most definitely about an Irish Topless Bar. The musical scenes alone make it a must see.

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